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“Acid Pump Operator” will probably be replaced by robots.
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Job Description
Tend, control, or operate power-driven, stationary, or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries, or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-7072.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 46,270.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
- Currently, there are 12,030 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers”.
Also Known As…
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
- Tank Car Loader
- Purification Operator
- Pumper
- Pump Station Operator
- Process Operator
- Pipeline Operator
- Outside Operator
- Logistics Technician
- Day Light Relief Operator
- Chemical Operator
- Waste Oil Pumper
- Wash Oil Pump Operator
- Utility Operator
- Treating Plant Pumper
- Tapper
- Tank Tender
- Tank Farm Operator
- Tank Farm Attendant
- Still Pump Operator
- Station Engineer
- Pumpman
- Pumper Gager Apprentice
- Pumper Gager
- Pump Tender
- Pump Runner
- Pump Operator
- Production Utility Worker
- Production Recovery Operator
- Product Transfer Pumper
- Pipeline Dispatch Operator
- Pigment Pumper
- Panelboard Tank Pumper
- Oil Pumper
- Monitor Car Operator
- Main Line Station Engineer
- Liquor Bridge Operator
- Grease and Tallow Pumper
- Gas Transfer Operator
- Fuel Distribution System Operator
- Fluid Pump Operator
- Filter Filler
- Fermenting Cellars Receiver
- Exhauster Engineer
- Engineer, Station, Mainline
- Concrete Pump Operator
- Concrete Boom Pump Operator
- Chemical Pumper
- Caustic Pump Operator
- Cable Maintainer
- Brine Well Operator
- Brewery Pumper
- Booster Station Operator
- Boom Pump Operator
- Blend Technician
- Blend Plant Operator
- Airveyor Operator
- Acid Loader
Tasks for “Acid Pump Operator”
- Monitor gauges and flowmeters and inspect equipment to ensure that tank levels, temperatures, chemical amounts, and pressures are at specified levels, reporting abnormalities as necessary.
- Tend auxiliary equipment such as water treatment and refrigeration units, and heat exchangers.
- Collect and deliver sample solutions for laboratory analysis.
- Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, stocks used, gauging results, and operating times.
- Turn valves and start pumps to start or regulate flows of substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials.
- Test materials and solutions, using testing equipment.
- Connect hoses and pipelines to pumps and vessels prior to material transfer, using hand tools.
- Pump two or more materials into one tank to blend mixtures.
- Add chemicals and solutions to tanks to ensure that specifications are met.
- Communicate with other workers, using signals, radios, or telephones, to start and stop flows of materials or substances.
- Clean, lubricate, and repair pumps and vessels, using hand tools and equipment.
- Plan movement of products through lines to processing, storage, and shipping units, using knowledge of interconnections and capacities of pipelines, valve manifolds, pumps, and tankage.
- Read operating schedules or instructions or receive verbal orders to determine amounts to be pumped.
- Tend vessels that store substances such as gases, liquids, slurries, or powdered materials, checking levels of substances by using calibrated rods or by reading mercury gauges and tank charts.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Mobile radios
- Auxiliary cooling systems
- Welding equipment
- Stationary gas powered generators
- Crane trucks
- Boom trucks
- Concrete boom pumps
- Turbine pumps
- Water retention tanks
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Digital flowmeters
- Concrete line pumps
- Fire pumper apparatus
- Fluid pumps
- Portable gas powered generators
- Air hammers
- Turbidity meters
- Cordless drills
- Nitrogen pumps
- Chlorine analyzers
- Pressure testers
- Pickup trucks
- Telemetry equipment
- Adjustable wrench sets
- Wastewater lift stations
- Safety goggles
- Air compressors
- Stationary pumps
- Digital densitometers
- Dump trucks
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Wheeled forklifts
- Calibrated well rods
- Level instruments
- Hard hats
- Manifold systems
- Water flow meters
- Portable pumps
- Multipurpose hammers
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Excel
- Computerized maintenance management system CMMS